Hello,
First of all: congratulations on EZ Drummer 2 – it’s awesome! Now to my question. I apologize if it’s been asked and answered earlier – I can imagine it’s an issue people have dealt with earlier, but I couldn’t find it (or didn’t know where to look…).
It happens to me a lot: I randomly browse through all my EZ Drummer Midi Files, find one I like and get inspired. I don’t want to go through the hassle of creating a complete drumtrack (with intro, chorus, fills etc) because I don’t want to lose the inspiration, so I just drag and drop the file I like (e.g. Songwriters Pack/Ballad/Straight 4/4/Push Ballad 74 BPM/Verse/Variation 2) a couple of times in my DAW (Cubase). I record some guitar, bass and keys over it and somehow leave it for a couple of days.
Then I come across the song again and get more inspiration: it would be nice to use some fills, records a chorus et cetera. I just can’t remember which EZ drummer midi-file I used in the first place, which is a pity because there are all kinds of fills already especially made for this song. Is there a way to retrieve that information? Usually I make a note in Cubase which midi file I used, but sometimes, in the inspirational hurry, I forget.
Secondly, related: I love the ‘Tap to Find’-feature, but have trouble locating the file that came up. Whenever I tap in something, and find something I like, it’s usualy a part of something bigger – a song structure. But the only thing I get is a name, and that is very hard to find back if you’ve got a lot of EZX’s, like me. For example: it’s entirely possible I get the ‘Variation 2’-file as a result, but how do I know that it’s part of the Songwriters Pack/Ballad/Straight 4/4/Push Ballad 74 BPM/Verse-‘family’? It would make building the rest of my song a lot easier!
Thanks in advance!
Bas Heideman
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
